Witchery of Archery [Paperback]

Maurice J. Thompson (Author), Kim Fundingsland (Editor), Sylvia Lee (Illustrator)

Book Description

Publication Date: August 1986

Originally published 1877. A fascinating early work on archery. Contents include: Archery in Hunting - Woodpecker Shooting - Hare or Rabbit Shooting - Bow Shooting - Shooting Wildfowl - Battles of the Birds - Wing Shots - Fancy Work - Shooting Woodcock and Plover - Bow as a Hunting Weapon - American Bow Hunting etc. Many of the earliest archery books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. Home Farm Books are republishing many of these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork.

--This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition.

Product Details

• Paperback
• Publisher: Kim Fundingsland Productions (August 1986)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0932099033
• ISBN-13: 978-0932099037
• Product Dimensions: 9 x 6 x 0.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 5.6 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,340,479 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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11 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars If you're into archery you must read this book!, August 4, 1998

By A Customer

This review is from: Witchery of Archery (Paperback)

The documentation of two brothers who go into the woods to escape yankee persecution after the civil war. Living off the land and surviving in the swamps of Florida, they live off the land with what their hand-made bows and tackle can produce. If you're into archery or the post civil war this is a must have(if someone had not seen fit to steal my original copy I wouldn't be looking for another).

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Bedtime Reading, March 30, 2000

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This review is from: Witchery of Archery (Paperback)

A gentle book telling tales of archery in the deep south of USA, poetic and visually descriptive of the slower life of holiday adventures and the enjoyment shared by two brothers with the bow and arrow during the late 1800's, don't be put off that it is a photocopy book of an out of print edition, the print might be bad, but the content is good. Good bedtime reading.

7 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Like meeting a stranger you have known your whole life., October 20, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Witchery of Archery (Paperback)

Like twenty serpents bound together hissed the flying arrows feather. Mauriece Thompson wrote this book in a gentler time for a less politically correct reader.